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...York Republican Nelson Rockefeller tucked a frangipani blossom behind his ear and finger-dipped poi and lomi-lomi salmon. California Democrat Pat Brown hoisted his considerable self onto a surfboard and got spectacularly dunked in the blue Pacific. North Carolina Democrat Terry Sanford rode water skis, Massachusetts Republican John Volpe wiggled a hula, Idaho Republican Robert Smylie and Hawaii Republican William Quinn paddled an outrigger canoe. It was the 53rd Governors' Conference, and the 31 Democrats and 16 Republicans who showed up in Honolulu last week leaned heavily...
...along with the poi came some politicking. The conference chairmanship traditionally rotates between parties, and this time a Republican was due to succeed outgoing Democrat Stephen McNichols of Colorado. Democratic National Chairman John Bailey, on hand for the frolic, passed word that neither of the top contenders, Rockefeller and Oregon's Mark Hatfield, should be considered. Bailey's reasoning: both Rockefeller and Hatfield are possibilities for places on the 1964 Republican national ticket, and Bailey did not want to give either of them any added shine. Democrats instead backed New Hampshire Republican Wesley Powell, who is no national...
...slit-to-hip malo and a rakish palm hat, Bernstein entertained his entire New York Philharmonic Orchestra, which was flown over to Maui after two concerts under Bernstein's baton in Honolulu. During the day the mellowing boy wonder of music went waterskiing, stuffed himself with poi and other Hawaiian goodies, planted a coconut tree and got a raft of gifts, including a pass exempting him from being jugged for any Maui traffic violations...
...Leis & Poi. Next came Nixon's own home territory, Los Angeles. Welcomed at the airport by 5,000 cheering people and one baby elephant, Nixon led a motorcade to his alma mater, Quaker-run Whittier College, found the football field jammed with 15,000 greeters. Next morning, on a chartered prop plane (to save the G.O.P. National Committee $11,000 more than a jet charter would have cost), Dick and Pat hurried on to Hawaii, spent two days there island hopping. Nixon campaigned as if he expected Hawaii's three electoral votes to decide the outcome in November...
...four of the islands. "Hoax!" cried the Democrats, and even many a top Republican admitted that much of this land was either worthless or else so encumbered by long-term leaseholds that the plan would never work. Bill Quinn firmly denied that his scheme was just so much poi-in-the-sky, still promises to deliver...